The best Skyrim mods

Over 100 of our favorite mods for Bethesda's fantasy RPG.

Over the years since Skyrim's release, modders have been busy addressing minor problems and fixing major bugs, adding custom quests and entirely new locations, and overhauling combat, magic, and leveling systems. Just about any change you can imagine has been made by someone, along with hundreds of hours of new content, and there's no sign the modding well has dried up yet.

Below, we've completely overhauled our selection of the best mods for Skyrim and gathered them together into categories to help you find whatever you're looking for. There are visual improvements, new magic spells, survival elements and roleplaying enhancements, and yes, even guns.

If we're missing a few of your favorites—there are over 40,000 mods out there, so that's practically a given—feel free make a case for them in the comments. We'll be revisiting and revising this article in the future. Mods added in the latest update of this list have been marked with a ⭐.

One final word: some mods on our list require other mods to work, some require special steps to install and use, and some mods conflict with one another. Be sure to read the mod page for each carefully for instructions on how to install and use them.